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November 2002 Risque | What’s New

… With appropriate credit to Garth:

Back when the Old Stuff was New Stuff

11/29/02

Now that the Christmas season can officially begin, despite what Southern California retailers have been thinking since before Halloween, we’re taking a moment to appreciate the time of year for its emphasis on retrospect. Words like “tradition,” and “history,” and other such creche phrases (sorry, Lon) bring about a peacefulness, and a comfort with one’s place in the cosmos. Were that not so we would never have the nerve to draw attention to what a half-decade in Risqué evolution has meant. Each of us represents the sum total of our experiences, and the people with whom we’ve come in contact. Were it not for everything that happened in our past, none of us would be in precisely this position today. So we’re showing off a good bit of our past, and hoping sincerely you forgive us our graphic transgressions of the day. (Honestly, some of the graphics are down-right ugly.) If you do nothing else, take a look at what Nikita can draw with a trackball; these were some extraordinary women in wonderful times. Let us borrow a phrase from Prophet Garth, as we offer this representation of, in Risqué’s view, “Back When the Old Stuff was New” … [FEATURED TAGS: Juli Ashton, Vicca, Nikita, Julia Ann, Shayla LaVeaux, Devinn Lane, Chase Lain, Phaedra Alexis, Serenity, Asia Carrera, Taren Steele, Keri Windsor, Kaylan Nicole, Kylie Ireland]

We would be remiss not to add our Holiday Wishes to all of those you receive today. We hate that. Missing the first time is bad enough, but remissing really sucks. So we’ll leave you with a slice of the appropriate retrospect and the annual words of my favorite uncle, “Have a Happy Turkey Day. Eat Pizza. That will make the turkey happy …” [FEATURED TAGS: Nikita, Juli Ashton, Vicca, Alexis DeVell, Shayla LaVeaux, Taren Steele]

11/26/02

We’ve just decided to stop trying to make any sense of what we do. After putting together what in retrospect turns out to have been one of our largest single posts ever, we noticed that as a technical matter, this subject rests at best tangentially related to us. Still, when people catch our eye (our experienced and critical eye, actually), it seems worth note. Consequently, we created “A Stormy Brewing on the Horizon” and put it up for you. Hey, Stormy’s funny, and y’all know that’s our favorite characteristic around here. Sexy, willing to get naked, and funny: You’re a shoo-in for accolades. And it’s honestly nice to see success for a woman in the industry who’s not a “twig with tits” as some more crude than any of us here would be. We’re never crude. Really. Swear.

So here’s the gig: There are 160 pictures, two video files, and more $5 words than you run across in a typical New Yorker Magazine article. None of this justifies our interest, of course, but it does lead us to one of our favorite excuses: “Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time.” By the way, we have a special VIP member with us now. Welcome, Daniel. Now let’s just hope he doesn’t figure out the Message Board … [FEATURED TAGS: Stormy Daniels, Risque News Insight]

11/22/02

Kristal was bopping around her new groovy office computer and ran across some pictures she wanted to play with. We think she did some interesting work, and besides we really like Inari and Dee. We figure you will too as Inari and Dee Show us their Cannes … (We’re really incorrigible, really.) [FEATURED TAGS: Dee, Inari Vachs, Devinn Lane, Jessica Drake, Serenity, Risque News Insight]

11/21/02

Contrary to popular belief, the most powerful person on the planet is not the President of the United States. The President has “checks and balances” and a whole bunch of folks that look over each and every decision, mostly trying to see what personal benefit they can get, but looking nonetheless. The most powerful person in the world is the cable guy. With almost no verifiable supervision, this person (and we admit “guy” may be “girl” ) determines whether or not your Internet business can actually connect to the Internet. They have evolved the “blank stare” into an art form; they can utter the simple phrase, “Hmmm” with devastating accuracy and result. They control our lives, and we can’t vote them out of office; you can’t really even talk to them without developing a nervous tick in your left eye. Dang. We say all this because FINALLY we can get back to work — four modems, two routers, no less than seven “service calls,” and 42 hours later — but who’s really counting? So now you can read about Julia Ann and Dee in Hercules. On the upside, it was worth the wait, and we’ve got an appointment to talk to someone about that nervous tick … [FEATURED TAGS: Julia Ann, Dee, Fujiko Kano, Sydnee Steele, D.Minion, Risque News Insight]

11/18/02

Except for the fact that the stupid Broncos embarrassed themselves on national television again, last week was a pretty good week. We figure it must have been because we started the week with Wendy and her birthday celebration. So then we figured we’d just start this week the same way, and keep right on celebrating. This is Wendy at a Hedonism III Bus Stop, and truth is indeed stranger than fiction. [FEATURED TAGS: Wendy Divine]

11/16/02

The secret to a successful web site may be to know when to “talk” and know when to just show the pretty and sexy women. We don’t often know when to do either of those things ourselves, obviously, but that may still be the secret. This time, we’re opting just to show off our lovely friend, TJ Hart and her “Hart” of an Angel. We’re going to stop talking now. [FEATURED TAGS: TJ Hart]

11/14/02

Ashton View drops (by) and gives us 20 (pictures). Then we use the excuse to try to “dig deep” and explain this Darling coupling between Ava Vincent and Kyle Stone. You know, the trouble with life may be that its simplicity keeps being way too complicated. This line of thought, however, should probably be for another day … [FEATURED TAGS: Ava Vincent, Risque News Insight]

11/13/02

It’s Wednesday, so it must be Night Calls, and the team doesn’t disappoint. That stands to reason, though, since we pointedly pursue only the salient points in all of that upon which we ponitificate. Get the point? It’s probably best just to stop reading now, and relive Night Calls, November 6, 2002. We’re going to find some aspirin. Then we’re going to go look for some more pictures of Amber Michaels … [FEATURED TAGS: Night Calls, Juli Ashton, Tiffany Granath, Amber Michaels, D.Minion]

11/11/02

Fair warning for Wendy fans: We’re congratulating her on a special day, and you’d best remember your thoughts too. All the folks that went to the members’ party know that Wendy hanging all over you while she’s naked may be one of the finer moments in all of life, and it’s good that we take a moment now and again to thank her for her naked self. It also makes her happy, and a happy Wendy makes for a happy web site. We’re showing off a “Hammock Set with Eric” — but it seems she really had thoughts for the photographer. Maybe the photographer made a mistake about Wendy’s intentions, but he took 40 beautiful B&W pictures regardless … [FEATURED TAGS: Wendy Divine]

11/9/02

We’re back to the basics here, as the boss-man has suggested we eschew further debate on the various intricacies of mechanical hamsters. We’ve gone back to the pretty women that make our lives such a joy. The upcoming Ashton View Basically Becca DVD has a special scene in it that our members will particularly appreciate. It’s Kristal’s first “on screen” work for us, and we’d forgotten what an adorable shy thing she used to be. She’s still adorable, even without so much of the shyness these days. See what we mean? For the record, as we replayed both the hamster approach and this original one of beautiful women and their fascinating lives, we reached a perhaps obvious conclusion. We have found it an “uplifting” old friend. [FEATURED TAGS: Kristal Summers, Lola, Juli Ashton, Becca, Risque News Insight]

11/7/02

We’re just being honest here when we say that most of you should probably just skip this posting. You know how it is when you clean house and get rid of a lot of things that have been cluttering up the place? Well, that happens in offices too, and so we’re just tidying up. Consequently, there’s almost no naked girls in this entry, and it seriously diverges from the fine adult content you’re used to. Still, we promised several members, and even our mom on one thing, and this is the result. You should probably skip the miscellanea and just wait a couple days. Who wants to see yet another hamster anyway? Mascot controversies are worse than quarterback controversies, after all. [FEATURED TAGS: Stormy Daniels Video, Hamster]

11/6/02

We’ve had to crack the Night Calls whip, what with the show airing three weeks in a row for the first time. Those of you that have checked out the new sounds in the chatroom know that we can now do so with sound effects, and that’s a bonus. The crew didn’t seem to mind though as they relived Night Calls, October 30, 2002 with all of its Halloween horror. We jumped right into the act too, as we realized there’s nothing much we like better than naked gouls … [FEATURED TAGS: Night Calls, Juli Ashton, Tiffany Granath, Alexa Rae, D.Minion]

11/5/02

D.Minion loves Devinn Lane. D.Minion loves Devinn a lot. A few months ago we sent D.Minion to hang out on the set of Women in Uniform with Devinn Lane. What the heck were we thinking? In a posting that rivals the convention stories for length, D.Minion makes clear that she loves Devinn Lane. On the upside, we also have 113 pictures that show why this may just be a simple matter of good taste. [FEATURED TAGS: Devinn Lane, Asia Carrera, Lola, Nicole Sheridan, April, Tanya Danielle, Lezley Zen, D.Minion]

11/4/02

You’ve heard the expression “Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most,” we presume. That about sums it up with this posting of what happened behind the scenes of last year’s Playboy Magazine feature on “The Top Women in Porn.” True to our form, we give you the inside scoop … like Julia Ann’s horse, and Juli’s brief brush with surfing. You’ll even get to see Kristal as a golf tee for a dominatrix. We’re not sure what this all means, but then that’s the beauty of the extemporaneous: We really can’t be held responsible … [FEATURED TAGS: Brittany Andrews, Juli Ashton, Julia Ann, Kristal Summers, D.Minion]

11/2/02

As the weather gets colder and people are wearing more and more clothing, well, it’s good to live in Los Angeles. More to the point for the rest of the world, we’ve decided to take the positive step of sharing some more Cheyenne Silver with you. If 108 pictures of Cheyenne don’t warm you up, you have much larger problems. We suggest you consider running up your credit card bills … Screw the heirs! [FEATURED TAGS: Cheyenne Silver]

2001

Now the Members’ side goes on for another few years, but the indexing system becomes rather different when you reach clear back into those dark risqué ages. Honestly, a lot of things have changed over time, so some of the “old presentations” may hiccup a bit on modern devices. Still, it seemed such a shame to throw away even potentially observable beautiful naked women. Right? … Gee. If we’d have known we were going to live this long, we’d have taken better care of ourselves from the beginning.